Bruce ,
Sorry to say that is not a new toy..... oh well. It is a good freinds new toy, now his 3rd live steamer he also has a North Western Pacific 4-6-0 # 112, and a branch line 2-10-2, it is very light and not much of a puller. This Pennsy I1a weighs about 1200 lbs and should be able to pull a real box car......
My newest addition is a 6ft gondola which I am building and I will try to take a few pics of it with in the next few days. I will have it finished by the Mid-South Live Steamers which ,by the way is May 4-6 ,so plan on coming.
As far as locomotives go. I am thinking about building an coal fired 0-4-0 and tender from a kit. It would be about twice the size of mine and could pull much more. Not to mention look more like a steam locomotive as most people think of them as looking like.
The second photo.... I was just trying to see how to put more than one pic on the post. I lowered the quality too LOW and that messed up the colors.
I think Alex was actually trying to pose for the pic....
See ya Saturday,
Andrew